A year after President Donald Trump announced his tariffs on Canada, exports of American liquors — like Kentucky bourbon — to the north have dropped by more than 60 percent.
In March 2025, Trump announced 35 percent tariffs on Canada. Despite ongoing legal challenges to his authority to do so — the Supreme Court ruled last month that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act does not allow him to implement his wide-ranging tariffs — the president has remained faithful to his tariff strategy.
